The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-23
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.

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year, while exactly the reverse is true of
turkeys.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were / 1854 head
Northern dressed sold at to &c and fancy
lots at to &c per pound Among the sales
we note the following: BY w. Scollans,
three choice mich cows at $50 each and ten
springers at $40 each; by II. NJ. Taft, one
pair of working oxen, weighing $500 lbs
and girthing seven feet two inches at $3.50
by j. ID. Hosmer, one pair of working oxen,
weighing 5000 lbs and grthing seven feet
two inches at S135; by c. II. Merrill, lot
of steers, averaging ! 100 lbs each, at SIC per
lb, live weight, and two springers at S37 80
each; by f. H. Coolidge & Son, six mlch
cows at $40 each, one fancy Jersey at S65
and six choice cows at $50 each.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
| 1923 head. The market was firmer. Sheep
sold at % to 4lc and lambs at ~ to SIC
! per pound.
SwINE.-The receipts were % ,54S head.
There was slight advance in prices, North
ern dressed selling at to &c and Western
live at Al to 5fc per pound.
| PoULTRY,-The supply of live poultry
was four tons, mostly turkeys, which sold
at l0c per pound,
HIDES, TALLow, ETC.-We quote Brighton
hides at 81 to &c and country lots at Is to 6Ic
per Id; caf-skins, 6 to &c per lb; sheared pets,
| 75c to 81 each: lamb-skins 80 to 75c each 4:
low, to &c and country lots at II to &c
per pound
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
EGGs.- The market is steady. Vermont
and New York sell at % to pc and choice
Western at % to 24c per dozen.
PoTAToEs.-The market is overstocked
and very dull. Good lots of Early Rose sell
at 60 to zoe, Hebrons at 80 to 75c and Bur-
banks at 80 to zoe per bushel.
CHEEsE.-The tone is firmer, but sales are
confined to small lots. We quote extra Yer
mont at 12c, good to choice at 10 to lie,
common at to &c and extra sage at II to
be per pound.
BEANs.-The demand is steady and the
market continues in the same excellent con-
ditiOn noted last week. Choice lots of
hand-picked Pea sell at $500 to S2.65, Med-
ums at S23j to $40 Yellow Eyes at $40
to 80. and Red Kidneys at $500 to $40
per bushel
HAY AND RAw-Receipts of hay, al
though sufficient for the demand, are some
what lighter than last week. Choice hay sells
at $500 to $500, fair to good at $3.50
to $1,000 and poor at $3.50 to $3.50. Rye
straw sells at $500 to $500 and oat at
$500 to $3.50 per ton.
BUrTER.-The market has been in excel
lent condition all the week. Prices have
been firmly held, as receipts have not been
heavy and the demand has been excellent.
Choice Northern creamery sells at
% to PC, extra Western creamery at
26 to &c, choice do at % to 25c, the
finest Franklin county dairy at Pc to 27c,
good to choice do at "a to 25c, choice North
ern dairy at - TO 23c and fair to good do
at 20 to 22c per pound.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
bly, the same as last week, wheat is higher,
and holders of flour are therefore less
anxious to sell at the present prices.
Some are asking higher figures and
refusing to sell otherwise. For carload
! lots of fine flour receivers are paying $500
to $500, for supertine $3.50 to $40, for
common extras 1925 to $3.50, for Michigan
roller S4.25 to $3.50 and for spring wheat
| patents $500 to S5.35 per barrel,
GRAIN.-Corn sells at IS to 61lc and
oats at "a to 40c per bushel, as to quail
| ity. Winter wheat bran brings $500 to
$50 90, spring wheat bran $3.50 to $500,
middlings $500 to $500 and cotton-seed
meal S23.75 per ton.
THE WOOL MARKET.
THERE is a slightly better tone to the
market There have been more buyers,
but sales have been of small amounts in
most cases. Ohio NN sells at 32l to 33lc.
Ohio X at 81 to SHE, Michigan No. l at 30
! 10 36c, Maine superS AZ " 10 Ale and extra
Western supers at 2S to SOC per pound.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THE demand has been fair, but the trade
| generally not as large as last week, as
the building season is drawing to a close
and dealers are beginning to buy for stock
ing-up purposes. There is fair demand
for dimension lumber. The prices of Eastern
lumber are holding fairly. Laths are easier,
owing to large supplies, Rough hemlock
boards sell at $1,000 to $1,000 and planed do
at $500; the best clear spruce floor boards
at $500 to $3.50, coarse at $500 to $500
and refuse at $500 to 800; one-inch box
boards at $1,000 and seven-eighths do at
S1l.00; Eastern sawed cedar shingles AZ
S340t to S3621, clear do at $500 to S3.123, the
best shaved shingles at 1928, other grades
at 1925 to S475 and No, spruce at Sl.25 to
$50; extra four-foot spruce clapboards al
$500 to 500, do clear at S26 to S27 90 and
other grades at $40 TO S2l 90; pine and spruce
laths at $500 to 1928 and spruce under
floors at 5000 to $3.50.